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50% off Backblaze Cloud Backup - US$35 1 Year, US$65 2 Years + GST ($0 GST with US Card & Address)

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50% off Backblaze Cloud Backup - US$35 1 Year, US$65 2 Years + GST ($0 GST with US Card & Address)
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I think many people are familiar with Backblaze's unlimited backup service. Very robust, I personally use it on multiple family member computers as a set and forget cloud backup (1 licence per computer). At half price it's a no-brainer for a reliable and easy to configure backup!

The code blazeon21 isn't on their website. Was sent to members of Backblaze's affiliate program so they'd promote Backblaze. But I'm sharing it here without my affiliate link (Ozbargain doesn't allow it) so you can all enjoy the 50% off deal. Screenshot of offer sent via email

Edit: pricing corrected from US$60 to US$65 for 2 years.
You can only get the US$35 or US$65 price if you have a Credit Card with a US address and sign up as being in the US.
Otherwise it is US$38.50 or US$71.50 for Australian Credit Cards as they add GST.

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  • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 10:35
    +3

    Backblaze is fantastic value for money! I've got my NAS set to sync to an external HDD on a dedicated backup PC with Backblaze set to automatically back up that external. 3-2-1 made easy!

    • Oxxy on 23/11/2021 - 10:42

      So your external HDD is permanently attached to a PC, and that PC has the backup licence?

      EDIT - just trying to verify what 'counts' as one PC

      • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 10:47
        +3

        Correct. Rather than using my "main" PC for backups, I have a dedicated crappy old laptop sitting in a cupboard with external drives attached to it and backblaze licence on. I use that as my dedicated backup PC (NAS -> Backup PC -> Backblaze), and I just dump data from my primary PC to the NAS. Nothing critical/important/irreplaceable is on my primary PC, so I don't really care if it gets destroyed or lost

        • Oxxy on 23/11/2021 - 10:49

          Thanks mate, that was my guess. Appreciate you verifying it :)

        • FreshPrinceofKP on 23/11/2021 - 10:56

          Hey mate, I am considering Backblaze as part of my redundancy. But currently have a NAS which has external HD connected and that backs up to the HD, I can add Backblaze to the NAS and then also back up to that too. Just wanted to ask why you are doing another dedicated backup PC rather than just connecting the HD to the NAS for backup?

          • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 10:59
            +1

            @FreshPrinceofKP: Backblaze doesn't run on NASes specifically to stop people abusing their service and backing up multiple terabytes worth of data. This is my workaround for that, otherwise you'd have to spring for Backblaze B2 which charges by the terabyte.

            That said I just have an off the shelf NAS, so if you're running FreeNAS or a windows box or something there may be other ways of running backblaze directly on the NAS. I just had a spare laptop sitting around so this was the easiest/quickest method for me

            • FreshPrinceofKP on 23/11/2021 - 12:47

              @chartparker: Thanks mate, I had no idea. I have a QNAP. Will give it some thought

              • buthidae on 23/11/2021 - 18:43

                @FreshPrinceofKP: I do much the same thing - my Mac mounts the QNAP over iSCSI and Backblaze keeps a copy 👍

                • FreshPrinceofKP on 23/11/2021 - 22:07

                  @buthidae: I want something for photo and video back ups. That’s what’s on my QNAP and saved to the external (via backup from QNAP). But they are both in my house so there is that risk.

                  Would back blaze be good for my use case? Or something else, at the end of the day is it just cloud storage?

            • thedean on 28/11/2021 - 18:53

              @chartparker: I started doing this actually, passing through drives directly to a windows VM means Backblaze backs them up perfectly fine.
              Then… one night I had a dream my NAS caught on fire, and I realised if it did then both levels of backup are gone and i'm relying on backblaze entirely.

              The next weekend I moved the drives into my gaming desktop and just discretly ran some Cat7 between the two, now no more bad dreams!

              FYI it's because I use molex to sata cables, they are known to cause fires but I hope the cablemod ones I have are safe!

    • thedean on 23/11/2021 - 22:57

      I do the same thing, my Unraid server syncs to larger non-raided drives in my desktop, which syncs to Backblaze.
      Fair warning though, it's a 3x copy backup for drive or hardware failure, but for software secuirty it's only 2x, because the data that goes to the backblaze servers comes from the backup, ideally they should be seperate clones from the original, rather than being copies of a copy.

      • sav11 on 27/11/2021 - 14:48

        What are you using to sync the Unraid server to the desktop drives?

        • thedean on 28/11/2021 - 18:45
          +1

          The drives are mounted as SMB shares using UD plugin, and I just built an rclone script that goes through and does a segment at a time and sends a notification if it fails. You can PM me if you need help with this.
          My desktop is connected via ethernet, so it's pretty quick.

    • sav11 on 27/11/2021 - 00:52
      +1

      Thanks a lot. Had never thought of using an old PC as a dedicated backup PC for this with my NAS.

      • thedean on 28/11/2021 - 18:47
        +1

        For my it's just my gaming desktop, SMR high capacity drives are quite cheap, or you can get second hand ones from ebay.
        At the moment it's 2x 8tb drives, and 1 4tb WD enterprise I got from ebay for $80.

        The capacity of my array is 5x 4TB with 1 parity, so 20TB.

    • sav11 on 27/11/2021 - 14:43

      What are you using/how are you syncing the NAS to the external HDD?

  • drinkin-beer on 23/11/2021 - 10:39

    If I had any more valuable data than linux ISOs i would jump on this. Is this price ongoing?

  • Hope140 on 23/11/2021 - 10:40

    Your email offer indicates that this offer is valid from 26th Nov (12:00am) through 29th Nov (11:59pm) PACIFIC TIME, which means it has not started yet? If so, Op might need to update the deal detail…

    • decryption on 23/11/2021 - 15:29

      Despite what the email said, it worked for me when I used it on my personal Backblaze account!

      • Hope140 on 23/11/2021 - 17:18

        Good to know thanks mate!

  • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 10:48
    +2

    Just be aware of the limitations..

    30 day deletion of your data if it fails, you lose internet, you are on holiday and something happens, etc, you can request an extension.

    Restore times are very slow.

    The backup software is restrictive.

    • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 10:52

      I thought it was just 30 days of version history? You can upgrade to 1 year of version history for an extra $2USD per month. Are you saying that if my computer is disconnected from backblaze for over 30 days the backup is essentially deleted?

      • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 10:55
        +1

        If your entire computer is disconnected, they say its 6 months as this activates their vacation feature it seems. If one hard drive is disconnected or has data loss, its 30 days.

        Yes you can upgrade it to 1 year and it should work as intended.

        My issue is that its difficult to download 8TB of data from a data loss in 30 days based on the speeds I had when I last tested them, but the 1 year upgrade would solve that.

        • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:00

          Interesting… nothing I've read seems to indicate that external HDDs if disconnected will be removed from the backup. Do you have a link per chance please?

          • eecan on 23/11/2021 - 11:22
            +2

            @chartparker:

            Unplugged External Hard Drives (also applies to failed External Hard Drives)
            Backblaze works best if you leave the external hard drive attached to your computer all the time. However, Backblaze will backup external USB and Firewire hard drives that are detached and re-attached as long as you remember to re-attach the hard drive at least once every 30 days. If the drive is detached for more than 30 days, Backblaze interprets this as data that has been permanently deleted and securely deletes the copy from the Backblaze datacenter. The 30-day countdown is only for drives that have been unplugged. There is no countdown for local files.

            https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665398-Backi…

            • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:22

              @eecan: That's what I've been searching for! Many thanks.

              In my use case it's not a huge deal since my external HDDs are essentially permanently attached to my backup PC, but definitely a gotcha for others to consider

              • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 11:31

                @chartparker: You sort of have to understand the full meaning of it.

                It means that a failed internal hard drive will also have the same rule applied.

                • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:33

                  @samfisher5986: True. They do notify you in the event that a drive has been disconnect for an amount of time though

                  • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 11:34

                    @chartparker: Yes and then you have a race to download your files from their slow servers or ask for an extension.

                    Not something I want to worry about if I go on a holiday.

                    Its a great value service but you just have to be aware of the limitations.

                    • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:35

                      @samfisher5986: Agreed. Although again not a huge risk for me since I don't plan on any big holidays (more than a week at a time) for at least the next couple of years

                    • mouse1442000 on 23/11/2021 - 14:29
                      +1

                      @samfisher5986: You can always request a Hard Drive from them with all of your data on it.

                      Selecting the Type of Restore

                      Backblaze offers three different ways in which you can receive your restore data: downloadable ZIP file, USB flash drive, or USB hard drive.

                      https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-to-recover-your-files-wit…

                      • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 14:33
                        +1

                        @mouse1442000: As long as your failed data fits within their 8TB limit, yes, otherwise things get a little messy in my opinion.

                        • mouse1442000 on 23/11/2021 - 14:42

                          @samfisher5986: Yeah, true. But I'm paranoid enough about my data that at that quantity I'd personally prefer to pay for B2 instead.

                        • sav11 on 27/11/2021 - 00:59

                          @samfisher5986: Can you request 2 or more HDD's if you have more than 8TB?

                          • samfisher5986 on 27/11/2021 - 01:29
                            +1

                            @sav11: I think so but you also have to pay for it, and then you are relying on shipping it back for your refund.

                      • tdw on 23/11/2021 - 15:24

                        @mouse1442000: i like this option. anyone have any experience getting a hard drive from them? i suppose it would cost a bit more than the $189 usd to ship it here?

        • sav11 on 27/11/2021 - 16:07

          Do you know whether this is possible: use the standard sub to back up your data. When you have a data failure, upgrade to the 1 year option then you have a year to restore your data?

  • 00 on 23/11/2021 - 11:03

    This or an Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive?

    • mskeggs on 23/11/2021 - 11:13
      +2

      Backblaze have a cheap S3 equivalent too, if you are happy to manage it. This is all pre-packaged and easy, with no size limits for individuals.

  • tellhimhesdreaming on 23/11/2021 - 11:10

    Would BackBlaze's B2 be better for most? Cloud storage rather than backup?

    • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:11
      +1

      Depends what you're after. I was specifically after bulk offsite backup and backblaze was the best value by far

      • tellhimhesdreaming on 23/11/2021 - 11:14

        Does seem very cheap given it's unlimited. I just would prefer to know stuff will stay in the cloud rather than having to be an ongoing backup with risk of disconnection etc similar to the comments from samfisher5986

        I suppose ultimately using a combination of both for the relevant data likely makes the most sense

        • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:26

          You largely avoid a lot of the downsides of backblaze if you something similar to me and have a dedicated backup PC with permanently attached HDDs for backup. backblaze also notifies you when a backed up drive is missing for 14, 21 and 28 days so there's a chance to stop the failure

        • Nom on 23/11/2021 - 12:50
          +1

          I just would prefer to know stuff will stay in the cloud rather than having to be an ongoing backup with risk of disconnection

          If you want that service, then you need to pay for it. Backblaze isn't priced anywhere near that level 👍

    • samfisher5986 on 23/11/2021 - 11:32

      B2 is way too expensive for any large backup.

  • noshopping on 23/11/2021 - 11:17

    backblaze software won't let you select what folders to backup… You have to backup the entire drive.. Has this policy changed recently or still the same?

    • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:21
      +1

      Still the same. It's designed to be usable for simpletons.

    • ironpaw on 23/11/2021 - 11:43

      Ah FML, should've read this before I jumped on the offer. I'll have to see if I can get a refund now.

      • eecan on 23/11/2021 - 11:57
        +1

        If it helps you can choose to exclude folders apparently (I haven't used backblaze so not sure exactly how it works)

        https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217664948-How-d…

        • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:58

          Oh true, but you can't NOT select C:\, which may drive some people insane. I just ignored it - once the initial backup is done the incremental backups aren't a huge deal.

          The workaround is to use a bunch of exceptions as you've mentioned

  • Sullie on 23/11/2021 - 11:33

    Is this an ongoing price once you use the code, or only for the first 1-2 years?

    Does anyone know the approximate download speed to restore data? Thanks.

    • chartparker on 23/11/2021 - 11:48
      +1

      I just tried downloading a 3GB file and it was downloading at ~2-2.5MB/s, so it's not really meant for file "syncing" but rather backup of critical data. If I ever wanted to restore my files I'd just pay the $189 to get a physical 8TB hard drive mailed to me with my data on it

      • Sullie on 23/11/2021 - 11:56

        Thanks a lot for checking!

  • petestrash on 23/11/2021 - 12:13
    +1

    Pricing is wrong.

    It's US$65 for the 2 year plan and that's only if you say you are in the US, and have a US addressed credit card.

    It's US$71.50 if you say you are in Australia (10% GST).

  • smurfstah on 23/11/2021 - 17:23

    Damm, Ive got 20TB of data on a synology nas. was hoping this would allow me to back the entire nas to backblaze but it appears this wont do it, would need B2.

    • Buz1986 on 25/11/2021 - 18:52

      Did you find a workaround?

  • NoDowt on 23/11/2021 - 17:54

    Anyone know if they have any disallowed file types which won’t be sync’d?

    • thedean on 23/11/2021 - 23:03

      There is some file types that default as excluded in their software, you can simply remove these, so no.
      I was worried about this, as my desktop is also a backup server for my VM's, so I have VHD, QCOW2 and IMG, all 3 types are backed up perfectily to Backblaze.

      • NoDowt on 24/11/2021 - 00:46
        +1

        Ah perfect… I’ve been considering getting backblaze on my ‘file/plex server’, which is running Win10. Was thinking I could probably setup a veeam backup of my other devices to go to the file server & thus be picked up by backblaze while it’s at it… sounds like it’d work OK.

  • macfudd on 23/11/2021 - 22:02

    Is there any way to use the code to extend an existing subscription?

    • buthidae on 23/11/2021 - 22:49

      I'd love to know this, too. I haven't found any way yet!

    • thedean on 24/11/2021 - 09:55

      I looked at this yesterday, I don't think there is :-(

    • macfudd on 24/11/2021 - 11:47

      Hmmmm. The saving is really good but I don't fancy re-uploading 4TB :(

    • Joz2988 on 25/11/2021 - 11:08

      Is there an easy way to cancel your account so you can sign up again with the promo code? I cant find a way in their accounts page.

    • Joz2988 on 26/11/2021 - 10:17
      +1

      Just asked support how to turn off auto renewal as I was going to let mine expire and then sign up with the promo code…
      Support: "There isn't a way to disable auto-renewal, as we are a subscription service."

      • petestrash on 27/11/2021 - 00:08

        Just change the expiry date they have for your credit card.

        Or https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665728-Cance…

        • petestrash on 28/11/2021 - 10:11

          Replying to myself. Can't change the card date as they verify it.

          • Joz2988 on 28/11/2021 - 17:14

            @petestrash: I tried that and it said it accepted it but I cant find a way of verifying that they updated their system

            • petestrash on 28/11/2021 - 18:59

              @Joz2988: I tried it and the new made up date wasn't accepted.

              But you are right, there is no way of checking the date on record.

              • Joz2988 on 28/11/2021 - 19:18

                @petestrash: I was planning on cancelling and using the code to get 2 years worth but this process has put me off. And if this is shoddy, how do we know the back end is set up correctly?

    • Joz2988 on 26/11/2021 - 12:42
      +1

      I also asked how to cancel my account without losing the days I had paid for. Their response was for me to cancel it the day before it renews.
      Shoddy!

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